1989

I was only a child
On a journey over wheat fields
Passing walls of spruces
They had something
To conceal

Behind the evergreen
Monsters you'll never see
Playing their shadow games
Too shy to be visible

The sunlight keeps blinding me
I shouldn't be wandering
On my own again
Look over my shoulders

A towering maple tree
Behind me swaying leaves
A beacon still guiding me
Just keep that in memory

The scent of the leaves
The stones of the wall
The iron gate

And in the garden
She ran amongst the plum trees
She smiled and I thought I was in love
Like the tales told

She had the sparks, fireworks
She smiled and I thought I was in love
Like the tales told

Was there something in me
Or was it just time
I still wander
To the place where every road's a circle
That never ends

Now towering high-rise blocks
Lights on but no one's home
Spirits protecting her
How I wanted to believe

The echos still follow me
Strike me down onto the floor
The beacon's still gleaming on
Won't fade from my memory

But it's too late and all a dream
She burned all her diaries
And plumes of soot covered the trees
I watched it in misery

But in 1989
The stones of the wall
The iron gate

And in the garden
She ran amongst the plum trees
She smiled and I thought I was in love
Like the tales told

And then the leaves turned crimson red
The garden gate rusts evermore
Like the tales told